Using resize2fs in rescue mode corrupts the filesystem

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The resize2fs binary in the rescue/busybox/%pre environment of 6.4 will corrupt EXT4 filesystems if the new size is given as a size that isn't evenly divisible by 1GiB.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 in rescue mode

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